Strike-plate for vehicle-door latches.



R. KAIMEH. STRIKE PLATE FOR VEHICLE DO OB LATCHES."

APPLICATION m'zn MM. 19. m7.

Patented July 17, 1917.

"r p it RICHARD KAIMER, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

" STRIKE-PLATE FOR VEHICLE-DOOR LATCHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1917..

Application filed March 19, 1917. Serial No. 155,788. i

. Plates for Vehicle-Door Latches; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute partof this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a broken face view of portions of a vehicle door, and a pillar,showing a latch applied to the door and my improved latch-bolt keepermounted in the pillar.

Fig. 2 a broken transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 a face view of the keeper detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in keepers or strike plates forvehicle door latches, particularly for automobile doors where it isdesirable to provide means to prevent rattling. The object of theinvention is to provide a keeper with a. dog arranged to engage with thelatch bolt and so as to crowd the door to the closed position; and theinvention consists in the construction hereinafter described andparticularly recited in the claim.

Tn c rrying out my invention, I employ a strike plate 5 having aninclinedface 6 over which the latch bolt 7 of a latch of any approvedconstruction may. ride as the door 8 is turned to the closed positionagainst the flange 9 of the pillar 10. The latch may be of any approvedconstruction including a spring 11 which tends to throw the latch bolt 7outward. The keeper is formed with KAIMER,

having different forms of 'latch bolts.

a recess 12 in which a dog 13 is mounted upon a vertically arrangedpivot pin 14. This dog includes a bearing-finger 15 and a pushing finger16, the space between these fingers forming a clearance for the nose ofthe latch bolt 7. A spring 17 will be pro- Vided normally turning thedog into the closed position indicated by broken lines in Fig; 2 of thedrawings so that as the door closes the nose of the latch bolt 7 mayenter between the fingers 15 and 16 of the dog. As the door closes thenose of the latch bolt springs in between the fingers 15 and 16 of thedog and the force of the latch spring 11 pushes against the finger l5and turns the dog so that the pushing-finger 16 crowds the latch bolt 7,and hence the door 8, against the flange 9 of the pillar 10 and thepower of this pushing action is the power of the spring 11. Thus thespring 11 not only tends to throw the latch bolt forward, but also isutilized to crowd the door into closed position and prevent rattling.With this invention it is only necessary to substitute one dog foranother with varying forms of fingers, to adapt the keeper to latches Iclaim The combination with a vehicle door latch including a latch-boltand a spring for normally projecting the latch bolt, of a keeperprovided with a pivotal dog formed with two fingers between which thelatch-bolt extends, and whereby under the action of the latch-bolt, thedog is turned to crowd.

the latch-bolt to the closed position.

In testimony whereof, I have slgned this specification in thepresence-of two subscribing witnesses.

I RICHARD KAIMER. Witnesses:

SEYM'OUR M. BRADLEY, CHAs. W. HUGENDUBEL.

